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phi4-mini:latest

phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:3b

qwen2 · 3.1B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
75 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
58 vs 67

Hardware

phi4-mini:latest qwen2.5:3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

phi4-mini:latest qwen2.5:3b
Tokens/sec36.247.2
TTFT190 ms168 ms
Load time0.8 s0.5 s
Memory usage8.3 GB4.0 GB
Memory %26%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi4-mini:latest

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

qwen2.5:3b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

phi4-mini:latest

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen2.5:3b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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